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AR-15 style guns sold as a sign of manhood as shootings rise
The Associated Press ^ | July 27, 2022 | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Posted on 07/27/2022 1:41:30 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun makers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity, even as the number of mass shootings increases, according to a House investigation unveiled Wednesday.

The weapons have been used in massacres that have horrified the nation, including one that left 10 people dead at a grocery store in Buffalo and another where 19 children and two teachers were shot to death in Uvalde, Texas.

The Committee on Oversight and Reform said some ads mimic popular first-person shooter video games or tout the weapons’ military pedigree while others claim the guns will put buyers “at the top of the testosterone food chain.”

Those sales tactics are “deeply disturbing, exploitative and reckless,” said Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York. “In short, the gun industry is profiting off the blood of innocent Americans.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I gotta compensate for having a small member with a truck and feel like a man by toting an AR.

I guess those items have more daily utility than chocolate, red wine, and the latest cry-a-thon on Lifetime.

61 posted on 07/27/2022 2:23:19 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Those like the author of this screed who routinely conflate sexuality with weapons have some serious psychosexual issues that are best addressed by involuntary custodial confinement, regular heavy doses of thorazine and shock aversion therapy.


62 posted on 07/27/2022 2:23:53 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Nervous Tick

Those are all fine examples of women. Not womxn. Spelling counts ...


63 posted on 07/27/2022 2:24:38 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: FLT-bird

The AR platform is a great base to build a long or short gun to suit yourself. Building and shooting your personal firearm seems pretty entertaining to me. I’m sure people having built their own are prone to build more than one. A friend of mine said the AR is like a red neck Barbie doll. You can dress her up any way you like. It works both ways. I got him a pink lower for his girlfriend. He wanted his AR back, she had a good time helping build it. The AR’s are easy to handle and ladies I’ve known are quite adept at handling them.


64 posted on 07/27/2022 2:25:42 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: circlecity

Real men shoot .58 caliber ...


65 posted on 07/27/2022 2:26:35 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: DoughtyOne

Be very careful, sir.

AR15s are dangerous.

Having one isn’t too bad ...

If you put two of them togerther in your darkened gun-cabinet ...

THEY MULTIPLY.


66 posted on 07/27/2022 2:29:30 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I read the article in the Atlantic (yes a biased liberal rage) of the chief witness and a former employee of a firearms company.

He makes a point, but unfortunately you need to put it in context. Let's look at advertisements of Detroit muscle cars in car magazines that showed street cars drifting through corners on race tracks or compared street legal cars to NASCAR race cars.

While, 30 years ago almost all firearm advertising was focused on hunting or target shooting. That has changed and now personal defense is a major advertising feature.

However, I collect really old semi-automatic firearms. One of my favorite firearms is the Savage Auto Pistol. It is a 10-shot, semiautomatic pistol in 32 ASP (Auto Savage Pistol). (Yes the 32 ASP was about 100 fps faster than a .32 ACP).

Savage advertised heavily in various women's magazines that every home and every wife should have one of their 10-shot pistols to protect against burglars and criminals. About 100 years ago much of the firearm advertising was personal defense oriented. Check out some of the advertising. So what is being complained about is nothing new or unique to the firearms industry.

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67 posted on 07/27/2022 2:29:34 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

That’s the chin of a penis having person...


68 posted on 07/27/2022 2:33:05 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I have a 338 winmag, but because of m anhood issues I’m looking at a 505 Gibbs or 700 NE


69 posted on 07/27/2022 2:33:28 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
You can't expect much form these woke emasculated libritards. They don't know what a woman is and this article proves they do not know what a man is.
70 posted on 07/27/2022 2:33:58 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: NorthMountain

LOL

I’ll take that under advisement.

I can see it happening at other times in my life, but now
I’m not quite as susceptible to such things as I used to
be.

I’ll keep those two AR15s separated!


71 posted on 07/27/2022 2:35:06 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: BipolarBob

Bahaha! That was a good chuckle.


72 posted on 07/27/2022 2:36:31 PM PDT by DallasGal (Le temps fuit sans retour )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

AR-15s marketed for proving masculinity? The Uvalde shooter wore women’s clothing.


73 posted on 07/27/2022 2:38:33 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
some ads ..... claim the guns will put buyers “at the top of the testosterone food chain.”

Which ad?

I call B.S.!

74 posted on 07/27/2022 2:38:38 PM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another twisted report generated to find data of ANY sort to support the pre-determined outcome...


75 posted on 07/27/2022 2:41:21 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Shootings MIGHT BE on the rise but those shooting victims ARE NOT the ones carrying AR-15s.

God might have made man but it took Sam Colt Eugene Stoner to make 'em all equal.


76 posted on 07/27/2022 2:46:17 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: tet68

“So, perhaps a million sold over ten years and less than a hundred used in mass shootings”

Yielding a .001%.


77 posted on 07/27/2022 2:48:09 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: BipolarBob
“AR-10. Ask for it by name. Tell them BB sent you.”

Easily my favorite rifle.

78 posted on 07/27/2022 2:52:23 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Of the last 80 mass shootings in the United States, more than a quarter, including Monday’s shooting in Boulder, Colorado, involved the use of AR-15 rifles.”

“A Newsweek analysis found that the semi-automatic rifle was used in 21 mass shootings over the past decade.”

So, how many murders committed by knives during that time?


79 posted on 07/27/2022 2:53:10 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; ...

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80 posted on 07/27/2022 2:53:32 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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